Aircraft Equipment Directory

Introduction

This is a list of websites and webpages with information about specific aircraft equipment.

Avionics

• Arboga Elektronikhistoriska Förening: Avionik (Swedish)
• Rochester Avionic Archives
• Vintage Avionics

Cameras

• American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: A History of Military Mapping
• American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: Development of Aerial Camera Stabilization and Its Effect on Photogrammetry and Photo Interpretation
• Camera Wiki: Aerial Camera

Compasses

• Compassipedia: Aeronautical Compasses

Flight Computers

• Luftwaffe Data: Knemeyer Dreieckrechner (Archived)
• Load Adjuster List (Internal link)

Instruments

• AeroAntique
• Aircraft Gunsights
• Cockpit Clocks
• Deutsche Luftwaffe: Gerätekatalog 1
• Funatsu Aviation Instruments Museum
• Relojes Originales de Avion

Ordnance

• Drop Tank List (Internal link)
• World War Two – Air Dropped Ordnance

Propellers

• Not Plane Jane
• Polish Propellers
• Propeller Listing
• Sensenich: Sensenich Support Documentation
• Wooden Propellers

Radios

• A Users Guide to Aircraft Radio Corporation Receivers (Transcribed)
• AAF Radio
• Airborne Radio Equipment Handbook
• Radio Boulevard: Airborne Radio Communications Gear & Airborne Radio Direction Finding-Navigation Equipment

Sextants

• Celestial Navigation Aloft: Aeronautical Sextants in the US

To Do

To be Organized

• http://csusap.csu.edu.au/~dspennem/ReportStore/GSAP_AN_N6A_Walkaround.pdf (Find menu page)
• http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?fq=online_media_type%3A%22Images%22&fq=topic%3A%22Avionics%22
• http://www.glennsmuseum.com/bombsights/bombsights.html
• http://www.nordenbombsightsbymoore.com
• http://www.ww2wings.com
• http://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/handle/10044/1/8266
• http://www.quarryhs.co.uk
• http://users.telenet.be/Emmanuel.Gustin
• http://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA529948
• http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006542034
• http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001526585
• http://www.loc.gov/item/2015460882
• http://www.loc.gov/item/2015490939
• http://www.conradwings.com
• http://www.sliderulemuseum.com/Aerospace.htm
• http://web.archive.org/web/20210812220756/http://www.aeroclocks.com
• http://www.collinsradio.org/archives/1959_Catalog/Collins_1959_Aviation.pdf
• http://www.med-dept.com/medical-kits-contents/kits-of-military-aircraft
• http://archive.org/details/earlyaircraftarm00wood_0
• http://www.osgalleries.org/journal/pdf_files/10.1/V10.1P34.pdf
• http://www.bulletpicker.com/pdf/USNBD%20-%20US%20Bombs%20and%20Fuzes,%20Pyrotechnics.pdf
• http://robroy.dyndns.info/targetkites
• http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/NightFighterRadars/index.html
• http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/sept9adigjwal6?p=188
• http://www.fer3.com/arc/imgx/CP-300-U-and-2102-D-Star-Finders.pdf
• http://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Old-Radio-Groups/Radio-Age-Mid-Atlantic/Radio-Age-2005-11.pdf
• http://www.veteran-voices.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/WWII-US-Army-Air-Forces-Rank-Insignia.pdf
• http://www.wwiisurvivalequipment.com
• http://www.hangarthirteen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/9-1980-Bombs-for-Aircraft.pdf
• British Aircraft Armament: RAF Gun Turrets from 1914 to the Present Day, book
• British Aircraft Armament: RAF Guns and Gunsights from 1914 to the Present Day, book
• The Legendary Norden Bombsight, book
• McCarter, Robert S. (2006). One-Man Pneumatic Life Raft Survival Kits of World War II. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 9780764324352.
• http://www.kenmoreairharbor.com/models.html
• Engines
  • R-2800: Pratt & Whitney's Dependable Masterpiece, book
  • R-4360: Pratt & Whitney's Major Miracle, book
  • Vee's for Victory: The Story of the Allison V-1710 Aircraft Engine, 1929-1948, book
  • The Secret Horsepower Race: Western Front Fighter Engine Development, book
• Catalogs and Stock Lists
  • http://www.aircorpslibrary.com/library-documents/general/aso
  • Index of Army Aeronautical Equipment with Navy Equivalents[1]
  • Graphic Survey of Radio and Radar Equipment Used by the Army Air Forces[2]
  • Airborne Radio Equipment Handbook[3]
  • Antenna Catalog: Volume IV; Aircraft Antennas[4]
  • Signal Communication Equipment Directory: Radio Communication Equipment[5]
  • http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/a17pejwis18 (see also [6])
• Cross Reference Charts
  • Navy Aircraft Radio Compliments as of Early 1943[7]
  • Accessories for Airplanes-Engines Interchangeability Cross Reference Charts[8]
  • Maintenance Interchangeability Cross Reference Charts[9]

To be Listed Separately

• http://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html
• http://www.fuselagecodes.com
• http://www.luftarchiv.de/index.htm?/flugzeugbau/vbkza.htm
• http://www.usafupt.com
• http://www.usaaf-noseart.co.uk
• http://www.alternatewars.com/WW2/NACS_WW2/NACS-WW2_Cover.htm
• http://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA542518
• http://web.archive.org/web/20141025024626/http://www.luftwaffe-experten.org/stammkennzeichen.html
• Martin, Patrick (1994). Tail Code USAF: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
• Accidents
  • http://www.accident-report.com
  • http://www.aviationarchaeology.com
• Airports
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20161110100614/http://www.airfieldsdatabase.com
  • http://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Timelines/World%20War%20II/usaaf_european_airfields.pdf
  • http://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Timelines/World%20War%20II/usaaf_bases_in_united_kingdom.pdf
  • http://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Timelines/Korea/USAFKSites.pdf
  • http://www.airfields-freeman.com
  • http://www.forgottenairfields.com
  • http://www.mil-airfields.de
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20210824162301/https://www.airforcebase.net
  • http://www.forgottensquadron.com/?page_id=290
  • Thole, Lou (1996). Forgotten Fields of America: World War II Bases and Training Then and Now. Vol. 1. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company.
  • Thole, Lou (1999). Forgotten Fields of America: World War II Bases and Training Then and Now. Vol. 2. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company.
  • Thole, Lou (2003). Forgotten Fields of America: World War II Bases and Training Then and Now. Vol. 3. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company.
  • Thole, Lou (2007). Forgotten Fields of America: World War II Bases and Training Then and Now. Vol. 4. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company.
  • Shettle, M. L. (2009). Florida's Army Air Fields of World War II. Bowersville, Georgia: Schaertel Publishing.
  • Shettle, M. L. (2005). Georgia's Army Air Fields of World War II. Bowersville, Georgia: Schaertel Publishing.
  • Shettle, M. L. (2001). United States Marine Corps Air Stations of World War II. Bowersville, Georgia: Schaertel Publishing.
  • Shettle, M. L. (1995). United States Naval Air Stations of World War II. Vol. 1. Bowersville, Georgia: Schaertel Publishing.
  • Shettle, M. L. (1997). United States Naval Air Stations of World War II. Vol. 2. Bowersville, Georgia: Schaertel Publishing.
• Clothing
  • Bomber Boys: WWII Flight Jacket Art, book[10]
  • Combat Flying Clothing, book
  • Combat Flying Equipment, book
  • Gear Up!: Flight Clothing & Equipment of USAAF Airmen in WWII, book
  • Type A-2 Jacket, Flight Jacket Identification Manual, book
  • U.S. Naval Aviation Flying Clothing and Gear, book
  • Breuninger, Michael S. (1995). United States Combat Aircrew Survival Equipment World War II to the Present: A Reference Guide for Collectors. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
  • Young, Lance P. (2011). Into the Blue: Uniforms of the United States Air Force, 1947 to the Present. Vol. 1. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
  • Young, Lance P.; Shultz, Dave; Schlund, Johnny (2014). Into the Blue: Uniforms of the United States Air Force, 1947 to the Present. Vol. 2. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
• Definitive Books
  • Hagedorn, Dan (2009). North American's T-6: A Definitive History of the World's Most Famous Trainer. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press. ISBN 978-1-58007-124-6.
  • Hagedorn, Dan (2015). The Douglas B-18 and B-23: America's Forsaken Warriors. Manchester: Crécy Publishing.
  • Mayborn, Mitch; Bowers, Peter M. (1967). Stearman Guidebook. Dallas, Texas: Flying Enterprise Publications. ISBN 978-0-912470-01-6.
  • Pardini, Albert L. (1999). The Legendary Secret Norden Bombsight. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-0723-1.
  • Parmerter, Robert K. (2004). Beech 18: A Civil & Military History. Tullahoma, Tennessee: Staggerwing Museum Foundation.
  • White, Graham (2001). R-2800: Pratt & Whitney's Dependable Masterpiece. Warrendale, Pennsylvania: Society of Automotive Engineers. ISBN 0-7680-0272-9.
  • White, Graham (2006). R-4360: Pratt & Whitney's Major Miracle. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press Publishers and Wholesalers.
  • Vajda, Ferenc A.; Dancey, Peter (1998). German Aircraft Industry and Production, 1933-1945. Warrendale, Pennsylvania: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. ISBN 0-7680-0246-X.
  • Wolf, William (2006). Consolidated B-32 Dominator: The Ultimate Look: from Drawing Board to Scrapyard. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
  • Zichek, Jared A (2007). The Boeing XF8B-1 Fighter: Last of the Line. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
• Documents
  • http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org
  • http://www.alternatewars.com/SAC/SAC.htm, http://www.generalstaff.org/CDA/Aircraft.htm
  • http://www.aahs-online.org/resources/navy_sac.php
  • http://www.escape-maps.com
  • http://www.silkmaps.com
  • http://www.ww2nar-pac.com/research/targets
  • http://www.loc.gov/item/2009582531
  • http://www.shortsnorter.org
  • http://www.timetableimages.com
  • http://www.departedflights.com
  • http://www.airlinesafetycards.be/Safety%20cards.htm
  • http://www.airticketshistory.com
  • http://www.airsicknessbags.com
  • http://www.enginehistory.org/References/ManualIndex/ManualIndex.shtml
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20140326040930/http://www.psywar.org/leaflets.php
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20021225104000/http://members.home.nl/ww2propaganda/index.html
  • Aircraft Record Cards of the United States Air Force: How to Read the Codes, book
• Markings
  • http://www.gmodelart.com/2020/04/plane-colors-and-camouflage-wwii-us.html
  • http://www.aircorpsart.com/blog/WWII-color-codes
  • http://web.archive.org/web/20030715154304/http://www.armyairforces.com/tails.asp
  • http://web.archive.org/web/20031202231130/http://www.armyairforces.com/tails-24.asp
  • http://web.archive.org/web/20030608043534/http://www.armyairforces.com/tails-29.asp
  • http://www.303rdbg.com/8af-markings.html
  • http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/aircraft-markings.html
  • http://www.cybermodeler.com/color/usn_preww2.shtml
  • http://hazy.home.xs4all.nl/Planes/T3165%20Mission%20Belle/Books%20and%20Magazines/Battle%20Colors%201%20-%20Insignia%20and%20Aircraft%20Markings%20of%20the%20Eighth%20Air%20Force%20in%20World%20War%20II.pdf
  • http://www.emmasplanes.com/index.php/paints
  • http://www.ipmsstockholm.se/home/interior-colours-of-us-aircraft-1941-45-part-i
  • http://arcus-hobby.store/blogs/historical-reference/aircraft-colors-and-camouflage-of-the-us-army-air-force
  • http://www.cybermodeler.com/resource6.shtml
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20181224143727/jpr-guide.tripod.com/index.html
  • Archer, Robert D. (1995). The Official Monogram US Army Air Service & Air Corps Aircraft Color Guide, 1908-1941. Vol. 1. Sturbridge, Massachusetts: Monogram Aviation Publications.
  • Bell, Dana (1979). Air Force Colors. Vol. 1. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications.
  • Bell, Dana (1980). Air Force Colors. Vol. 2. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications.
  • Bell, Dana (1997). Air Force Colors. Vol. 3. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications.
  • Dial, Jay Frank (13 October 1964). United States Camouflage WWII. Arlington, Texas: Scale Reproductions. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  • Doll, Thomas E.; Jackson, Berkley R.; Riley, William A. (1983). Navy Air Colors: United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Aircraft Camouflage and Markings, 1911-1945. Vol. 1. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications.
  • Doll, Thomas E.; Jackson, Berkley R.; Riley, William A. (1985). Navy Air Colors: United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Aircraft Camouflage and Markings, 1945-1985. Vol. 2. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications.
  • Elliott, John M. (1987). The Official Monogram U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide, 1911-1939. Vol. 1. Boylston, Massachusetts: Monogram Aviation Publications.
  • Elliott, John M. (1988). The Official Monogram U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide, 1940-1949. Vol. 2. Sturbridge, Massachusetts: Monogram Aviation Publications.
  • Elliott, John M. (1991). The Official Monogram U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide, 1950-1959. Vol. 3. Sturbridge, Massachusetts: Monogram Aviation Publications.
  • Elliott, John M. (1993). The Official Monogram U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide, 1960-1993. Vol. 4. Sturbridge, Massachusetts: Monogram Aviation Publications.
  • Kilgrain, Bill C. (1973). Color Schemes and Markings: U.S. Navy Aircraft, 1911-1950.
  • Merrick, Kenneth A. (1975). Luftwaffe Colors, 1935-40. Vol. 1. New York: Arco Publishing Company.
  • Merrick, Kenneth A.; Hitchcock, Thomas H. (1980). Official Monogram Painting Guide to German Aircraft, 1935-1945. Boylston, Massachusetts.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Ries, Karl; Obermaier, Ernst (1991). Luftwaffe Rudder Markings, 1936-1945. West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-88740-337-9.
  • Smith, J. Richard; Gallaspy, John D. (1976). Luftwaffe Colors, 1940-43. Vol. 2. Boylston, Massachusetts: Monogram Aviation Publications.
  • Smith, J. Richard; Gallaspy, John D. (1977). Luftwaffe Colors, 1943-45. Vol. 3. Boylston, Massachusetts: Monogram Aviation Publications.
  • Thorpe, Donald W. (1968). Japanese Army Air Force Camouflage and Markings, World War II. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers.
  • Thorpe, Donald W. (1977). Japanese Naval Air Force Camouflage and Markings, World War II. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers.
  • Ullmann, Michael (2008). Luftwaffe Colours, 1935-1945 (Revised ed.). Ottringham: Hikoki Publications. ISBN 1-902109-07-4.
  • Watkins, Robert A. (2004). Battle Colors: Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the Eighth Air Force in World War II. Vol. 1. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
  • Watkins, Robert A. (2006). Battle Colors: Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the Eighth Air Force in World War II. Vol. 2. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
  • Watkins, Robert A. (2007). Battle Colors: Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Ninth Air Force in World War II. Vol. 3. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
  • Watkins, Robert A. (2009). Battle Colors: Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the U.S. Army Air Force in WWII. Vol. 4. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
  • Watkins, Robert A. (2013). Battle Colors: Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the U.S. Army Air Forces in WWII. Vol. 5. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
  • Watkins, Robert A. (2017). Battle Colors: Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the U.S. Army Air Forces in WWII. Vol. 6. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
• Units
  • http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf
  • http://www.usafunithistory.com
  • http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/dictionary-of-american-naval-aviation-squadrons-volume-1.html
  • http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/dictionary-of-american-naval-aviation-squadrons-volume-2.html
  • http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330257/-1/-1/0/combat_wings.pdf
• Victory Credits
  • Horvath, Daniel; Horvath, Gabor (2022). Verified Victories: Top JG 52 Aces Over Hungary, 1944-45. Warwick: Helion & Company.
  • McCarthy, Donald J. (2009). MiG Killers: A Chronology of U.S. Air Victories in Vietnam, 1965-1973. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press. ISBN 978-1-58007-136-9.
  • McCarthy, Donald J. (2005). USAF F-4 and F-105 MiG Killers of the Vietnam War, 1965-1973. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
  • Mathews, Johannes; Foreman, John (2014). Luftwaffe Aces: Biographies and Victory Claims. Vol. 1. Walton-on-Thames, Surrey: Red Kite.
  • Mathews, Johannes; Foreman, John (2015). Luftwaffe Aces: Biographies and Victory Claims. Vol. 2. Walton-on-Thames, Surrey: Red Kite.
  • Mathews, Johannes; Foreman, John (2015). Luftwaffe Aces: Biographies and Victory Claims. Vol. 3. Walton-on-Thames, Surrey: Red Kite.
  • Mathews, Johannes; Foreman, John (2015). Luftwaffe Aces: Biographies and Victory Claims. Vol. 4. Walton-on-Thames, Surrey: Red Kite.

To be Potentially Added

• http://issuu.com/vintageeaa/docs/va-vol-38-no-3-march-2010 (see page 26)
• http://designation-systems.net/usmilav/electronics.html
• http://www.radionerds.com/index.php/Chesson-Downs
  • http://www.radionerds.com/images/6/6d/AIR_RAD_HTM.txt
  • http://www.radionerds.com/images/5/52/AN-AIR_HTM.txt
  • http://www.radionerds.com/images/5/5f/AERO-NAV_HTM.txt
• http://www.amazon.com/dp/3941437305
• http://www.amazon.com/dp/0955426839
• http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101744513
• http://www.enginehistory.org/References/UKNA/2Engines1921-39AIR.htm
• http://www.enginehistory.org/reference.shtml
• http://www.rolls-royce.com/~/media/Files/R/Rolls-Royce/documents/about/heritage-trust-book-list-dec-2018.pdf
• http://web.archive.org/web/20200125083739/http://www.wiki.luftwaffedata.co.uk
• http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de
• People
  • http://www.aircrewremembered.com/databasesmaster.html
  • http://www.forgottensquadron.com/?page_id=286

Non-Aviation References

• http://www.usww2uniforms.com
• http://www.med-dept.com
• https://web.archive.org/web/20201128105721/http://www.usarmydatadepot.com
• http://www.qmgrs.com
• http://www.archive.org/details/herberbookercollection
• http://www.radionerds.com
• http://www.bulletpicker.com